Some little skulking hearts for you ♥️

For this week's #promptcombo #ancestry with thanks to host @victoriaspires.bsky.social Not feeling inspired at the moment, so here's an old one (surprisingly long!) which I think fits.

Booked in for @paulwritespoems.bsky.social & #TheBookBag first open mic session You should too! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-b...

Every poet involved in this (host included) is superb, and has appeared in @iambapoet.com ... or will do, soon enough. 😉 DM @victoriaspires.bsky.social, get the skinny, go along. It's a perfect night in!

Sinead Gleeson in New York and Washington D.C (for those in the vicinity). Not to be missed.

We haven't posted any book pictures for the last few weeks, so: First - some of the recent deliveries of new and upcoming books at Northodox HQ Second - our first picture of both Clockwork Magpies books together 😍

This weeks #lifttothesky is for @julianday.bsky.social Julian I follow a trail of kindness & support of #blueskypoets , checking in on people’s wellbeing as well as offering brilliant support, feedback & advice. You are an example of the best of this #poetrycommunity & a super talented poet 🙌

The new season begins this Sunday. Everyone is welcome. Tickets and details: tomhirons.com/feral-angels Enthusiasm and a love of poetry are the only requirements.

Thank you to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for hosting last week! This week's #promptcombo is #ancestry. This piece was published in Freeverse Revolution Issue XII & is something of a letter to my younger self. Also doubling up as a fairly seamless segue from #history 😁 Tag me/use # to join in

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️ David Hanlon is a poet based in Cardiff, Wales. His work has appeared in numerous magazines including Rust & Moth, Barren Magazine, and trampset. His latest collection is Dawn's Incision.   The Storms is supported by #fingalarts @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

We had such lovely evening yesterday celebrating the life and work of Gerald Dawe with his family and friends. Many thanks to our many brilliant speakers, our host @dearbhailmcdonald.bsky.social , to the wonderful musicians, @dlrarts.bsky.social, and Gerald’s family for making the night so special.

Join us for Poetry by the Barrow Open Mic Sunday 28th September at 12:30pm Doyle’s cozy backroom, Graiguenamanagh, Kilkenny Our featured poet this month is Siobhan McMahon, celebrating the divine feminine & Nature's ecstatic beauty. More info here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/poe...

Thank you so much, John. Totally undeserved, but very much appreciated 🙏 As we all know, reviews are to writers what blood is to vampires.

Another Big Up #lifttothesky to @markantonyowen.com & @iambapoet.com Mark is such a super supportive creator & curator! This experience with iamb, back in wave 3, when my life was a little bit all over the place was such a joy to be a part of! Get auditioning below 👇 you won’t regret it 🤩

⚡️Meet the Stormers of Issue V ⚡️ Ellen Harrold is an Irish artist, writer, & editor-in-chief of Metachrosis Literary. She uses painting, drawing, text, and textiles to explore anatomy, physics, and ecology. ellenharrold.art   Supported by #fingalarts & @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

Sublime to have Muckle Flugga included in this Shortlist Magazine guide to essential new fiction alongside the likes of Sarah Hall, Ian McEwan, RF Kuang, Annie Ernaux, and dear Damian Barr. 🗞️ : www.shortlist.com/health-and-f... 📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga

And, if hearing the poet’s thoughts about how a poem has been created is something that appeals to you, may I recommend ‘The Process of Poetry’ by @rosannamcglone.bsky.social

If you have come across my #SilverBranch feature @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social you may now be familiar with my poem 'HARE'. @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social and I thought it might be interesting to enlighten you about the process involved in writing it, so here's the poem and my technique. ✍️ #poetry

I'm excited to get started on reading this today in time for book club. Still time to join me (Deborah) and @norami.bsky.social our host. Supporters go free to book club! 📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cafe-litte...

"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance, its own world full of colors and tones we shall never perceive. To enter it is impossible, yet it exists as fully as our own." - Jakob von Uexküll More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Congratulations to all the nominees! I'm so pleased to be one of them! Thank you @tinywrenlit.bsky.social

Rising to full potential 📷🌱 ….

#EveryDayAGift: A perfect #Bouquet of #FeathersAndFlowers on my kitchen table. #Crow #Dove #GoldenEuonymus #Nature #Art #Awe #MyBackyard #SFBayArea #California #MyPhoto #Stunday #BlueSkyPhotography #StillLife

happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜 feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :) here are two by Montana James Thomas, from Concerning the Dinner~

Damien & issue co-editor @rhonagreene.bsky.social, are bright lights, who bring beauty to the world w/their talent, their own works, & their generous, genuine support, lifting other artists. It's an honour and a thrill to have a #poem included! #poetry #prose #art #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity

For this week's #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those taking part.

In Catfish, Pascale Petit’s third poem, we are taken back to the very beginning: the hospital ward, the incubator, the first wound of birth. Yet the poem refuses any clinical language. Ihttps://aftershockpoetry.substack.com/p/catfish-by-pascale-petit

Fair reviewed in The Crack 💙 www.thecrackmagazine.com/view-editori...

Very happy to have a poem in the new issue of @poetryireland.bsky.social edited by Stephen Sexton.

In hand, Eastern light. Congratulations to @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social and @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social on this gorgeous poetry collection 💫

Drop what you're doing and go audition for iamb right now. You won't regret it.

Love, love, love ❤️

Really looking forward to reading at @torriano.bsky.social _poetry tomorrow with Luigi Coppola as part of @Patrizia Longhitano’s Venn Diagrams. If you can, come!!

Saturday reading from @martinkennedyyates.bsky.social ‘This Wilderness & Other Concerns’ new from @thebrokenspine.co.uk. An urban exploration of time and place

‘Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe, With a wicked pack of cards.’ ~ The Waste Land, T S Eliot for #BookWormSat

Delighted to have four poems accepted for the December edition alongside some lovely poetry friends! Together for Christmas! 😊 #poetry Thanks @dreich.bsky.social

Great poetry readings at Blackwell's Newcastle this week from @corrintachibana.bsky.social @samszanto.bsky.social and @marymulholland.bsky.social. Always lovely to meet a fellow @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social author too! @saltpublishing.com @livecanon.bsky.social

Meet the Stormers of Issue V Asa Williams is a writer & academic whose work explores the intersections of folklore, music, and history. His writing has appeared in The Razor, NARC Magazine, and The Gay & Lesbian Review. The Storms is supported by #fingalarts @dublincityoflit.bsky.social

Thank you to Stephen Sexton and @poetryireland.bsky.social for publishing this itinerary poem.

virtual event next Saturday for Lit Balm! going to be reading some surrealist poems alongside my Mercurius Magazine editors DM me if you'd like a link ❤️ @vikshirley.bsky.social / @postpran.bsky.social

Poetry lovers, this one’s for you! ✨📚 Join us at #ContainsStrongLanguage for the Forward Prizes Showcase, where boundary-pushing poets take the stage to share work that’s bold, brilliant, and unforgettable. 🔗 Book now: buff.ly/bQ1TsRm @bbccslfest @bbcarts

Next weekend, on 27th-28th September join Moya Cannon at Tradition Now, a festival of new traditional and folk music in Dublin where she will be reading her poetry at 2 different events. For 27th September: www.nch.ie/all-events-l... For 28th September: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

On Wednesday 1st October at 8pm, please join us at the National Poetry Library in London where Jenny Lewis and Jane Draycott will be presenting some of their poetry in celebration of the International Day of the Older Person. To purchase tickets:⬇️ www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/spe...

Me being delighted with Martina Evan's gorgeous review of New Arcana in today's @irishtimes.com 🔮✨️ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

⭐️ Thank you to all at the wonderful POET TOWN launch at Hastings Book Festival this week. Edited by Richard Newham-Sullivan, POET TOWN Celebrates 200years of Hastings Poets, available in hardback, paperback, plus a poets portraits edition by photographer Maxine Silver. Out now! #poetry #hastings

Meet the Stormers of Issue V @missyerem.bsky.social is a poet & EIC of Sídhe Press. She has been published many places including iamb, The Storms, The Dirigible Balloon & DREICH. Her heart & work as a publisher is now focused on Palestine. The Storms is supported by #fingalart #dublincityoflit

We were glad to hear the Laurel Prize shortlist readings in Bradford last night. Congratulations to this year’s winner Katrina Porteous for Rhizodont @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social announced by Chair of judges Kathleen Jamie @poetryschool.bsky.social

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from John McKay, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, John!